Pawn Crossing the River

After Zhang Yuelu arrived at the Wanxiang Dao Palace, he received an exceptional reception. After all, he is the successor of Master Cihang, and is expected to join the ranks of Master Shenzhi in the future. The Wanxiang Taoist Palace should not neglect him.

The exception here is not about the material standard treatment. Wanxiang Taoist Palace will not easily leave such a handle. The main issue is who will come forward to receive it. Although the real person in charge of the palace did not show up, it was the second deputy palace owner who showed up in person.

The Vientiane Taoist Palace is also the only one among many Taoist palaces that has the position of deputy palace master.

Zhang Yuelu checked Qi Xuansu's relevant files here and learned about the dusty past.

To briefly summarize, in that term of the Dragon and Tiger Club, Yue Liuli took personal revenge, Qi Xuansu was plotted by Yue Liuli, and almost died at the hands of Wan Xiuwu.

This confirmed part of Zhang Yuelu's guess.

But there are still many things that cannot be explained.

Just when Zhang Yuelu was planning to continue the investigation, Zhang Yuelu received an official letter from Tiangang Hall.

The two Taoist priests in charge of "Tianle Taoyuan" were dead and one was imprisoned. Jinque suspected that a secret society of demons was involved and ordered a thorough investigation by Tiangang Tang. Zhang Yuelu happened to be nearby, so Tiangang Tang decided to let Zhang Yuelu take charge of the case.

Zhang Yuelu immediately set off for Zixian Mountain.

It took a long time from the eighth day when Yang Yang informed the Taoist sect in the name of the 7000th household of Qingluan Guard, to the Taoist sect reporting to each level, and finally to Yujing to form a decision.

When Zhang Yuelu arrived at Zixian Mountain, it was already the third day after the incident.

At this time, "Tianle Taoyuan" has been closed for business, and no one is allowed to enter or exit.

Now the person who controls the situation in "Tianle Taoyuan" is actually the outsider named Ba Tianyang. In the past three days, some Taoist deacons had raised objections, but on the eighth day Yang raised his objections with just one word.

He has already reported to the reporter, and it won't take long for the Taoist sect to send someone to deal with the matter. Considering that the two Taoist priests in charge are involved in this major murder case, and Zixianshan has repeatedly obstructed the handling of the case, so before this, all The Taoist priests in "Tianle Taoyuan" are not allowed to act rashly. If he couldn't wait for even three days, it would make people doubt whether it was related to this case.

No one wants to get involved when the situation is unclear. In addition, the eighth day Yang only blocked the exit of "Tianle Taoyuan", Tianle Palace, warehouse and other few places, and did not imprison anyone, so it was not necessary to do so. Approved the practice of raising on the eighth day.

As for Liu Futong who was imprisoned, he was not imprisoned on the eighth day, but by Su Ran.

After Zhang Yuelu met Ba Tianyang, he quickly took over "Tianle Taoyuan" and got a preliminary understanding of the case from Ba Tianyang.

Although the eighth day Yang did not know that Zhang Yuelu was tracking down Wei Wugui, out of loyalty to his friends, he deliberately downplayed the existence of Wei Wugui and replaced him with a very vague "colleague in black", who was no longer Wei Wugui. He could kill Su Ran alone, but with the help of everyone.

Zhang Yuelu arrived here for the first time and was not familiar with the situation yet, so he did not think deeply about it. After she had a preliminary understanding of the case, she ignored Liu Futong, who was imprisoned in Tianle Palace, and went to check on Su Ran's body first.

When Zhang Yuelu saw the huge white fox in the warehouse, he was also surprised. Thinking about what Tianyang said on the eighth day, he couldn't help but remain silent for a long time.

Her mentor Cihang once mentioned a phenomenon, which probably means that newly converted Protestants are more fanatical and pious than the original old believers.

The reasons are not complicated. One is the psychology of "atonement", and the other is that in order to gain recognition from the new group, they double down on their goodwill and want to draw a clear line with the past, so they do not want the past group to "live well."

And this phenomenon is not limited to religions, but also applies between tribes and countries. In the past, people from the Central Plains defected to the Golden Horde. They treated their own people more harshly than the Golden Horde people, and treated the Khan King more harshly than the Golden Horde people. People are more loyal, so they are favored and trusted by the King of the Golden Horde, but they become a serious problem for the Central Plains Dynasty.

It has been more than two hundred years since the Qingqiu Mountain lineage was absorbed into the Taoist sect by Xuansheng and became a recognized member. It is indeed not a short time, but compared to the thousands of years of history of the Taoist sect, it is not worth mentioning. Probably fell into this rut.

However, there are no absolutes in anything. For example, the three great ghosts in the cave of the ghost country. These three are also aliens who have submitted to the Taoist sect. They don't care about this at all and have already begun to plan their own future.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuelu couldn't help but be filled with emotion.

In fact, at this point, there was nothing to investigate. Su Ran was a conservative in the Taoist sect, and regarded "Tianle Taoyuan" as a stain on the Taoist sect. After arriving here, he took drastic measures and took advantage of the situation to capture Liu Futong, a scum of the Taoist sect. As a result, Qingluan Guard discovered what Su Ran had done through clues, and Su Ran decided to kill someone to silence him, but he was accidentally killed.

This makes sense logically and has no obvious flaws.

Zhang Yuelu agreed with some of Su Ran's ideas, but did not agree with her approach.

Morality and law cannot be confused. When Taoism and Confucianism were fighting for the world, they criticized the Confucian ethics and cannibalism and indulged in lynching. If Taoism encouraged lynching in order to clear the rules and precepts, it would be a slap in the face.

Taking a step back, even if these people are really guilty, they will definitely not be punished to death. Xuan Sheng had originally criticized the idea that "unknown punishments lead to unpredictable power" and explicitly asked the Taoist sects to put everything on the table. If these people who betrayed their appearance, skin and flesh in "Tianle Taoyuan" are guilty, then " The Taoist sect behind "Tianle Taoyuan" is even more guilty.

Su Ran killed these people at will if he thought they were guilty. If the Taoist sect recognized this, it meant that the ancient immortals felt that the Taoist sect was guilty and attacked the Taoist sect. It was right, because there is not much difference between the two in essence.

So Su Ran is wrong.

This is probably where Zhang Yuelu is better than Qi Xuansu. Qi Xuansu just instinctively feels that something is wrong, but Zhang Yuelu can clearly point out what is wrong.

However, Zhang Yuelu had no intention of arguing with Su Ran's point of view. After all, Su Ran was dead.

The difficulty in this matter is how to clean up the mess.

In any case, Su Ranming's identity on the surface is that the Taoist priest of the Taoist sect is a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice priest. If there is a scandal involving a fourth-grade wine-sacrifice priest killing innocent people, it will undoubtedly seriously damage the reputation of the Taoist sect. No matter who wants to make this public, None of the real people above would agree.

As for the Qingluan Guards and the imperial court, there is no need to worry. The interests of the two are actually the same in this regard. His Majesty the Emperor just wants to control the Taoist sect, not destroy it, and the Li family is also a member of the Taoist sect.

If it is concealed, it will undoubtedly encourage this kind of trend, which is what the Taoist sect does not want to see. If no punishment is imposed, if someone follows Su Ran's example in the future, then what's the point?

How to handle this matter properly will test Zhang Yuelu's political wisdom.

Only then did Zhang Yuelu suddenly realize that the suspicion of a secret society being involved was just an excuse, and was actually a test for her.

After all, Zhang Yuelu is about to be promoted to a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest. To truly enter the upper echelon of the Taoist sect, one must not only look at one's realm and cultivation level, but also his abilities and skills.

In the eyes of the real people in the Taoist sect, after the death of the two Taoist priests in charge and the imprisonment of the other, many Taoist sect disciples were leaderless, and the situation in "Tianle Taoyuan" has become out of control. During this time, Su Ran's incident has probably spread throughout "Tianle Taoyuan", and even rumors are flying everywhere. The situation is quite serious, and how to quickly calm it down without worsening the situation is a difficult challenge.

But what they didn't expect was that because of Qi Xuansu's explanation in advance, the eighth day Yang quickly controlled the situation in "Tianle Taoyuan". Except for the eighth day Yang and a few of his confidants, no one else knew about Su Ran's identity. At most, we vaguely knew that Su Ran was dead, but as for other details, we didn’t know.

In fact, the situation is much better than the Taoists expected.

Zhang Yuelu didn't know that Qi Xuansu had unintentionally cleared up many difficulties for her. After she understood the situation in detail, she found that the difficulties she had to face were not as big as she thought.

The sophistication of Qingluan Guard Deputy Qianhu named Eighth Tianyang was really beyond her expectation.

Zhang Yuelu initially had an idea in his mind. On the one hand, regarding Su Ran's death, he should deal with it in a low-key manner externally, but internally he should pay attention to it, deal with it severely, and warn the Taoist disciples. On the other hand, Liu Futong was dealt with severely and severely, and the results were made known to the world. Liu Futong's case was used to downplay Su Ran's case, and the adverse impact was minimized.

Next, Zhang Yuelu carefully looked at Su Ran's body and found traces of "Long Eye Yi Er". This was not surprising, after all, it was Qingluan Guard. But some of the wounds on Su Ran's body that had not yet healed made Zhang Yuelu's heart move.

This seems to be the trace of the "Dayan Spiritual Sword".